After a year or so having a bit of a break from the whole niche/internet marketing world, I’m back and trying to catch up on developments in that time.

What’s new?

  • Keyword Avalanche has become Niche Rockets and the monthly membership is a massive $147.77 per month. Wow! Now, I do recommend this site but not at this price. It is the only monthly membership I currently hold though and I’m keeping my membership though because the forum is useful and they do provide a decent amount of content each month. Fortunately for you guys, you can try before you buy, plus get a discount on the monthly membership:

    • Niche Rockets $1 7-day trial & $50 off the monthly price thereafter [aff]

  • There seems to have been some kind of storm about selling links on web sites which I’ve totally missed. From what I can gather, nobody really knows if it’s ok to sell links using TLA anymore or what effect it has on your rankings/pagerank? Can anyone update me on this?!
  • “Web 2.0 properties” seems to be the current buzz phrase
  • Videos are all the rage

What’s the same?

  • Good one-way links are still important
  • Content is still king
  • Article marketing still works to some extent
  • “Gurus” still don’t actually tell you how to make money
  • Stupid prices are still fashionable (see $147.77 above)

Anyone have anything to add to these lists?